Concrete Rose Juvenile Fiction Legends Dumbfounded by Ernie’s reluctance

Dumbfounded by Ernie’s reluctance

Leah Henderson

and revelatory

with LOTS of energy and joy in this charming story about a day in the life of a mixed-race child

Concrete Rose Juvenile Fiction Legends Dumbfounded by Ernie’s reluctanceInternational phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood. If theres one thing seventeen year old Maverick Carter knows, its that a real man takes care of his family. As the son of a former gang legend, Mav does that the only way he knows how: dealing for the King Lords. With this money he can help his mom, who works two jobs